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The poet Claudia Rankine is the author of the award winning collection ‘Citizen: An American Lyric’ (Penguin). The style of Claudia’s book, which uses prose poetry and images, has raised questions about what poetry is. For Claudia, a poem is any piece of writing interested in the structure of feeling and her work examines the feelings under the event. Claudia’s 2015 Free Thinking Lecture is available to listen to .

Don Paterson’s latest collection is ‘40 Sonnets’ (Faber), the winner of the Costa Poetry Award. Don explains that he feels at home with the Sonnet form, which allows him to stretch and experiment with it. Form, he says is always up for revision, and should never be limited by cultural expectations.

For A. L. Kennedy, writing is saying something you have to say in the best possible way you can. She has noticed that in the rhythms of stand up comedy, audiences can appreciate poetry forms without even realising it. ÌýHer new novel, ‘Serious Sweet’ (Cape) will be published in May.

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